German Tax Revenue Rose 6.1%, Frankfurter Allgemeine Reports

By [bn:PRSN=1] Rainer [] Buergin

Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- German tax revenue rose 6.1 percent in November, the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, citing Finance Ministry figures.

Income from taxes in the first 11 months increased 5 percent from the same period a year earlier, the newspaper said.

Germany’s tax revenue in October increased 1.7 percent from a year earlier, the ministry said in its November monthly report.

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